Custom designed & hand carved Morning Glory ring set with this kick-ass brilliant purple cushion sapphire. 14K white gold and with a couple 2.5mm diamonds on either side.
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purple sapphire + morning glory solitaire
Thursday, May 21st, 2020indian cows ring
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
This idea had been kicking around for a while. I had made a sketch in my notebook, and happily, it caught the eye of one of my long-time clients. I am SO glad I got a chance to make this ring at long last. I love how unusual it is, the way the stone floats off the top of the ring, the sweet faces of the cows with their cool droopy ears, and of course, the amazing Australian boulder opal (actually opalized fossilized wood) cherry on top. 18K.
Please excuse this weird pic of my red fingers; it’s the most accurate photo I felt like I could get of the opal that really showed how the colors looked in true life. It had these bright shocks of hot pink, purple, and chartreuse amongst the oranges and blues-turquoises-greens. Just awesome.
So many more pics of this after the click:
(more…)oval low-profile solitaire
Monday, April 27th, 2020
This is my low-profile solitaire altered to accommodate this lovely oval 1.3ct tanzanite. Oriented East-West on the finger, 14K white gold. I am really liking how this ring looks with an oval stone. (More pics below…)
(more…)dragon and phoenix solitaire
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
Chinese dragon and phoenix chasing each other around the bezel of this solitaire, which is set with a juicy red ruby cabochon. 18K
Jellybeany! (Maaany more pics after the click:
(more…)winged band
Monday, April 20th, 2020
This was a custom design: winged band with a peony. Inside the band are two tiny little intaglio-carved birds. 18K yellow gold. More pics after the click!
(more…)dragon scale wedding bands
Sunday, April 19th, 2020
olive branch navette ring
Friday, April 17th, 2020
Navette-style ring set with three fancy colored, fancy cut diamonds and carved with an olive branch motif; 18K. Love LOVE how this turned out!
work in progress: emerald pear solitaire
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
This is a one-of-a-kind wax carving I made for this cool emerald cabochon. I’ve been thinking about this stone for about two years now (I believe I bought it three gem shows ago now). It would be perfect in 18K yellow gold (because everything is perfect in 18K yellow gold…).
IF this might be something you might like for yourself, and if I haven’t cast it yet (I haven’t as of this posting date), send me an email and I’ll get you a quote: cheyenneweil@gmail.com. If you would like it for yourself, I’ll adjust it to your size before casting too.
(more…)giant opal awesomeness
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
I can always rely on this client of mine to bring me the biggest and coolest opals to design pieces for, and this Australian boulder opal was no joke.
We decided to “go simple” on this one, you know, just a simple bezel setting, maybe a little action on the shoulders. I thought some detailing around the bezel might be cool since there was going to be so much bezel, so we decided to go with an inscription: “Astra inclinant, sed non obligant,” which means in Latin, “The stars incline us, they do not bind us.”
Just a veerry simple piece.
Turns out it’s hard to stick to simple with such giant opal awesomeness in hand. (A frillion more pics after the click.)
(more…)split snake ring in 22K
Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Split snake ring in 22K gold set with a 4.2mm rose-cut diamond in the head and little rubies eyes.
Love how this guy turned out.
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